The fool has become a spirit, and she can speak

"You're brave enough to say it."

"If there are as many iron ore as I said, you will consider it as a windfall. If there are not many, don't be disappointed."

"You said."

"I guess that the entire underground of Mochun County is covered with iron ore, and there are countless iron ore deposits underneath."

"Such an exaggeration."

Shang Xi said: "It's far more than that. I guess that several counties around Mochun County also have iron ore. The amount may not be as large as that of Mochun County, but it must be there."

Shang Xi's words made Wan Lianxing fall into deep thought. After a long time, he spoke: "Only the imperial court has the power to smelt iron."

Shang Xi's face turned even greener when he heard this, "Isn't this just false joy?"

Wan Lianxing said: "We are the only ones who know about the iron mine. If one more person knows about it, I will hold you all accountable."

Shang Xi had a bitter face, "I'll tell you, it's not good to know too much. If you force me to tell you, if the news really leaks out, who will be the owners of all these people in the room?"

Wan Lianxing said: "I trust my people."

Huang Chenming, who had been silent, said, "My Lord, I will keep my mouth shut."

Wan Lianxing smiled and said, "Why worry so much? You are mine too."

Shang Xi looked at them and said, "Who in this room is not yours? You are not saying this just for an outsider like me to hear, are you?"

Wan Lianxing said, "Stop yelling and go back to your room to rest. I'm going to go out with Chen Gongxiang in a while."

"I want to go back to the governor's mansion. I don't want to suffer here anymore."

"Just bear with it for two more days. The doctor I brought with me is very good and will not let you die here."

"Why did you keep me?"

Wan Lianxing said: "When you feel better, accompany me to inspect the iron ore."

"Didn't you say that this thing can only be refined by the imperial court? If this alarms the imperial court, won't there be a lot of trouble?"

Wan Lianxing said nothing.

"Uncle, you are not going to smelt iron privately, are you? Do you dare to break the law?" Shang Xi's face turned from green to black. She didn't want to follow Wan Lianxing and get herself killed.

Wan Lianxing stood up and said arrogantly: "What's the use of the imperial court? What's the use of the royal law? I, Wan Lianxing, want to smelt iron, and even the emperor can't stop me."

"This guy is too arrogant." Wan Lianxing glared at him, and Shang Xi immediately changed his tone, "Uncle, my family is waiting for me to go back and burn colored glaze."

Wan Lianxing laughed, "It's better not to burn that useless thing since you don't want to burn it anyway."

Shang Xi raised her right hand, "I swear to God, I want to burn colored glaze. I really want to practice colored glaze. I even dream of burning colored glaze." She had quickly weighed the pros and cons and decided that instead of smelting iron, it would be better to burn colored glaze. After all, whether the colored glaze was burned well or not, it wouldn't cost her her head.

Wan Lianxing said: "If you help me investigate clearly, I will let you go back to burn colored glaze."

Shang Xi said: "Uncle, you should make the best use of it, okay? Ever since I met you, you have never left me a moment of leisure."

Wan Lianxing said, "We are one family, so why are we talking so differently? I'm going out now. Feng'er, you stay home with your wife."

As soon as Wan Lianxing left, Shang Xi shouted from behind: "Who is that?"

Cheng Feng said, "Come on, I'll take you back to the prefect's mansion. We won't suffer here."

Shang Xi said: "Don't offend him. As the old saying goes, it is better to offend ten gentlemen than one villain."

Cheng Feng smiled, "My uncle is not a bad person. Although his methods are a bit sinister, they were forced out of him in the officialdom."

"Whoever forced him, he is unreliable, otherwise we wouldn't be here."

Cheng Feng said: "Things in the officialdom are ups and downs, no one can predict them, and it's not easy for my uncle either."

Shang Xi said, "What's so difficult about him? He didn't even grab the opportunity right in front of him. Just take Princess Zhuoyang, can't he just marry her? Wouldn't it be good to be a royal consort? Why do we have to burn kilns and smelt iron here?"

"Do you think he is someone who can tolerate being bullied? Princess Zhuoyang has been spoiled in the palace since she was a child. If they live together, there will be trouble sooner or later. Let's go back to Fengying City." Cheng Feng stood up and helped Shang Xi up.

Shang Xi said: "Is it appropriate?"

"What's inappropriate? My uncle is just talking. He can't do anything to us."

"No, he won't do anything to you, but I can't say for sure."

"Let him come to me to settle accounts if there is anything."

Shang Xi thought for a while and said, "Forget it. He likes to hold grudges. He might come to settle old scores with me someday. Don't you know how much he tortures people? Besides, Cheng Youning is still here. I have to take my son with me when I leave. I must take care of Cheng Youning's education myself, otherwise the child will be ruined."

“But you can’t drink the water here.”

"It's okay, let's go to the dining hall. I want to see what the water that can make me sick looks like."

"You haven't eaten or drunk anything since you came back from County Magistrate Chen's residence yesterday. Don't rush to the dining hall to check for water. Drink some water and eat something first. Since you're going to stay for a few days, you can't go without food or drink."

Shang Xi felt dry mouth and thirsty. When she saw the tea in front of her, she couldn't help but pick it up and try to take a sip.

Cheng Feng smiled: "The cook has treated this water well. It tastes sweet when I drink it."

Shang Xi smacked the water in his mouth and drank it all in one gulp. It was really quite sweet and sharp. "Is this tea? Compared to the water from Chen Gongxiang's house, it's like nectar. Try it."

"I had a drink when you went out just now. It's exactly the same as the tea we had in the prefect's mansion." Seeing Shang Xi start drinking water, Cheng Feng refilled her cup.

Shang Xi was like a person who had been walking in the desert for a long time and was about to die of thirst. He drank several cups of tea in succession before he became energetic. After finally getting enough water, Shang Xi wiped his mouth and said, "The water must be good. Let's go to the dining hall and take a look."

There were several large vats at the door of the dining hall. Shang Xi opened the lids, scooped a little with a ladle and smelled it. He guessed that this was the smell of the water in the bubble.

"Young Madam, do you want to drink some water? The water was brought back this morning and is not drinkable." The speaker was a cook.

“Is there any settled water?”

"Yes, there are several jars here with water that has settled overnight. But you can't drink it directly. The doctor told me to boil it before drinking."

Shang Xi looked at the water, which was no longer so turbid, but there were still a lot of suspended matter in it, and the taste was not much better. "It's not enough to just let this water settle in the tank, we still have to filter it."

The cook said, "Filtered."

"What filter do you use?"

"Cotton and linen, look, ma'am, that's the cotton and linen we used to filter water."

The cotton and linen were so dirty that their original color could not be seen. If you got closer, you could smell a strong fishy odor that was very irritating.

"The tea I just drank at my uncle's place was made with this water?"